The difficult transition to national health insurance in Bulgaria

Journal of International Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-434

  Datzova, Bistra Vladimirova ^a  

^a NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Commercialisation; Health care inequality; National health insurance; Transition

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL PLANNING; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL IMPACT;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646170198     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1292     Document Type: Article

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